xemacs (zombie port, but worked)

[George Michaelson]

thanks. I've re-asked there without a cc so this doesn't get stupid.

-G

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Matthew Seaman
<m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
> On 08/09/2014 06:42, George Michaelson wrote:
>> Is it possible to have xemacs restored as a port/pkg, and also have it
>> not collide with gnu emacs?
>>
>> I have to try and support a user semi-addicted to the xemacs flavour.
>> It was stable, and worked.
>>
>> Did it have to die? (pkg removed it)
>
> This is really a question for the freebsd-ports@ list.  xemacs was
> removed not specifically because of pkg(8) but because no-one cared
> enough about it to bring it up to the expected current standards for a
> port.  It's not going to magically reappear unless someone with an
> interest in having it in the ports tree steps up and knocks it into
> shape.  That's not hugely difficult, but it does require some skills
> with using subversion plus ability with shell and makefile programming.
>
>         Cheers,
>
>         Matthew
>
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